Lou-lan

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Lou-lan is an ancient Silk Road kingdom and archaeological site located near the former shoreline of Lop Nur in what is now Xinjiang, China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Silk Road site
ancient kingdom
archaeological site
abandonedDueTo desertification
desiccation of Lop Nur
controlledBy Han dynasty NERFINISHED
Later Han dynasty NERFINISHED
Xiongnu NERFINISHED
discoveredBy Sven Hedin NERFINISHED
economyBasedOn caravan trade
oasis agriculture
excavatedBy Aurel Stein NERFINISHED
Sven Hedin NERFINISHED
excavatedInYear 1900
1906
flourishedInCentury 1st century BCE
1st century CE
2nd century BCE
2nd century CE
hasAlternativeName Kroraina NERFINISHED
Lou-lan Kingdom NERFINISHED
Loulan NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalFind Buddhist texts
Chinese documents
Kharosthi documents NERFINISHED
documents on wooden slips
mummies
textiles
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Central Asian cultures
Chinese culture
Indian Buddhism NERFINISHED
hasLanguageEvidence Chinese
Prakrit NERFINISHED
locatedIn China
Xinjiang NERFINISHED
locatedNear Lop Nur NERFINISHED
locatedOn Silk Road NERFINISHED
locatedOnRoute northern Silk Road NERFINISHED
route between Dunhuang and Korla
mentionedIn Hanshu NERFINISHED
Hou Hanshu NERFINISHED
modernAdministrativeRegion Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
modernCountry China NERFINISHED
nearBodyOfWater former shoreline of Lop Nur
partOf Tarim Basin NERFINISHED
Western Regions NERFINISHED
timeOfAbandonment 4th century CE
underInfluenceOf Han dynasty NERFINISHED
Xiongnu NERFINISHED

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Loulan hasAlternateName Lou-lan